PharmaView   Sep.2006

Welcome to the second issue of PharmaView!

Pharmaceutical Marketers are facing increasing pressures: increasing competition; squeezed margins; shrinking budgets; more to do and less time to do it. It’s becoming difficult to work any harder, and of course it's always better to work smarter. Therefore we bring you the PharmaView.

PharmaView is a biweekly educational and informative newsletter for improving readers’ marketing knowledge and reporting the latest news in the pharma industry. It also provides great opportunities to exchange ideas, network and be recognized among your peers in the industry.

Through PharmaView, you can:

Learn peer’s experience in pharma marketing

Stay in touch with what’s happening in pharmaceutical marketing today

Be on the pioneering edge of pharmaceutical marketing

Have networking / idea exchange opportunities




About Us 

Integrating local knowledge with international perspective, Consultech Co. Ltd. offers its clients and prospects one-lstop solutions with sales and marketing consultancy, advertising and promotion strategies.

Consultech is an affiliate company of Omnicom, the world's largest advertising and communications holding company.

 
Bayer thrombosis drug performs well in two studies

An experimental thrombosis pill from Bayer AG, seen by analysts as the German group's most important pipeline asset, has produced promising results in two clinical trials, researchers said on Tuesday.

Sep 05, 2006

 
Vaccine "could cut cervical cancer deaths 76 pct"

GlaxoSmithKline's experimental vaccine against a virus that causes cervical cancer could cut the number of cases and deaths from the illness by up to 76 percent, the drug company said on Monday.

Sep 04, 06

 
FDA Approves First Generic Ciprofloxacin Injection, USP

The Food and Drug Administration today approved several Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) for generic versions of Bayer Corporation Pharmaceutical Division's CIPRO I.V., a drug to treat certain bacterial infections. This approval is an important step in the agency's effort to increase the availability of lower-cost generic medications.

Sep 03, 2006

 


 
From Managing Pills to Managing Brands 

Most people in the pharmaceutical industry firmly believe that successful drugs are the result of breakthrough science. Drug companies have notoriously high R&D budgets, and the output of their new product development tends to be prolific.

Sep 04, 2006

Launching a Blockbuster

Blockbusters are not discovered, they are built! With that premise, a marketing executive summed up the challenge of would-be players in the high-potential pharmaceuticals' game.

Aug 30, 2006




Pfizer Wins Norvasc Patent Challenge by Generic Manufacturer Synthon

Pfizer Inc said today that a federal court in the Middle District of North Carolina has upheld the company's U.S. patent covering amlodipine besylate, the active ingredient in Norvasc, the world's most-prescribed branded medicine for treating hypertension. The patent had been challenged by the generic manufacturer, Synthon Pharmaceuticals.

Sept 01, 2006

 

Some arthritis drugs may protect the heart

In patients with rheumatoid arthritis, use of disease-lmodifying antirheumatic drugs, or DMARDs, seems to lower the increased risk of cardiovascular disease associated with rheumatoid arthritis, research suggests.

Aug 31, 2006


 

Please feel free to offer your opinions and advices about PharmaView in order to better our services. Should you have any comments, or if you want to unsubscribe  from PharmaView, please send us an email: pharmaview@Consultech.com.cn  . Thank you!